Henry Matthew Explained

Henry James Matthew (15 January 1837  - 2 December 1898) was an eminent British Anglican colonial bishop in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.^[1]

Born in Cambridge, Matthew was educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2] A Chaplain at Simla in 1877,^[3] he was appointed Archdeacon of Lahore in 1877. In 1888 he became Bishop of Lahore.^[4] An acclaimed preacher,^[5] he died in post, in Lahore, in 1898.^[6] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

Notes and References

1. The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, Hamilton & Co, 1889
2. [The Times]
3. [Clergy List|The Clergy List]
4. [The Times]
5. E. Chatterton, A History of the Church of England in India since the early days of the East India Company, London, SPCK, 1924
6. [The Times]